China Mobile Data

Sigh! Can't read Chinese but I found out you can subcribe for 120mb data per month for RMB 5 by sending an SMS gprs5 to 10086. But its only for CMWAP and via a WAP proxy server. If you want to use the full fledged CMNET service, you still gotta pay as per use. However if you subcribe to the RMB 5 per month CMWAP package, when you use CMNET, you will only get charged RMB 1 per 1 mb per day. If you don't subscribe to the CMWAP package, then its a minimum of RMB 2 per day each time you connect to the internet.

The problem is the GMAIL applet works on CMWAP, but the new Nokia Messaging and the phone email client doesnt work on CMWAP. Only works on CMNET. Operamini works on CMWAP. Gotta to do some serious Baidu searching and translation to find out more!

Update - Finally send sms blgprs to 10086, and they returned with this -

1）CMWAP月使用流量在30MB内建议使用5元月套餐，办理回复GPRS5；

2）CMWAP月使用流量在150MB内建议使用20元月套餐，办理回复 GPRS20；

3）CMWAP月使用流量在500MB内建议使用50元月套餐，办理回复GPRS50；

4）CMNET/CMWAP月使用流量在1G内建议 使用100元月套餐，办理回复GPRS100；

5）CMNET/CMWAP月使用流量在2G内建议使用200元月套餐，办理回复GPRS200。如需了解 GPRS套餐内容，请回复CXGPRS

Basically it means that CMNET is only available for package deals RMB 100 and above. And this applies only for Guangdong China Mobile, which means I have to pay separately if I am using in another province. Gonna try it out and see how it goes.